Dester Corporation: OSHA inspections and violations
Lima, Ohio · All Other Plastics Product Manufacturing · NAICS 326199
2inspections
4citation items
$23,162current penalties
Mar 11, 2021last inspection
Since 2020, OSHA inspectors have visited Dester Corporation in Ohio 2 times.
The most recent inspection opened on Mar 11, 2021 on a referral, in Lima.
In all, OSHA issued 4 citation items: 3 serious and 1 other-than-serious.
The penalties, $23,162 in total, stand where OSHA first set them.
The rule cited most here is 1910.147 (lockout/tagout), 2 times.
Among manufacturing employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $4,500 penalty. Dester Corporation averages $11,581 across 2 cited inspections.
Dester Corporation also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.
Citation items per year, by inspection date.
Ohio · latest 90 days of OSHA records
275employers cited
6 of them in the same industry
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Incident on Mar 2, 2021: Employee lacerates arm when pulled into chain on motor for t
At 12:25 p.m. on March 2, 2021, an English-speaking male employee, working at a manufacturing facility, was notified that the plastic stopped feeding into the grinder at the end of line 234. The employee proceeded to the grinder and used a step ladder to reach the feeder to unjam it. The equipment had not been shut down or locked out prior to the employee pulling on the plastic. As the plastic was dislodged, the equipment began running again, and the employee's shirt got caught in the chain connected to the feeder motor. The employee's right arm was pulled into the chain, dislodging the chain guard. The employee was able to free his arm after sustaining a deep laceration to the upper right arm. The employee was transported to the hospital for admission and treatment.
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2025, the Lima site logged 1 recordable injury or illness among about 34 workers: 5.8 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 1.8 for its industry. Those cases cost 4 days away from work.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
deSter
Lima · 2025
34
1
1
5.8
1.8
deSter Corporation
Lima · 2022
55
0
0
0.0
1.8
Severe injury reports
Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 1 report on file.
Mar 2, 2021, Lima: Hospitalization · cuts, lacerations · forearm(s)
An employee was unjamming the inline grinder when his shirt sleeve got caught in the machine. The chain rubbed against his arm, causing a deep laceration to the right forearm.
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
(A) Each authorized employee shall receive training in the recognition of applicable hazardous energy sources, the type and magnitude of the energy available in the workplace, and the methods and means necessary for energy isolation and control.
29 CFR 1910.147(d)
(d) Application of control. The established procedures for the application of energy control (the lockout or tagout procedures) shall cover the following elements and actions and shall be done in the following sequence:
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA enforcement data. A citation is OSHA's allegation; employers can contest it, and the status column shows where each item stands. Something wrong on this page? Tell us.
